KOMPAS-3D

Main article: CAD Computer-aided design systems

Compass-3D is a three-dimensional design system developed by the Russian company ASCON.

The key feature of the product is the use of its own mathematical core of C3D and parametric technologies developed by ASCON specialists.

Compass-3D provides support for the most common 3D model formats (STEP, ACIS, IGES, DWG, DXF), which makes it possible to exchange data with related organizations and customers using any CAD/CAM/CAE systems.

Product History

2023

KOMPAS-3D v22 compatibility with Astra Linux Special Edition 1.7

CAD KOMPAS-3D v22 has received a certificate confirming its performance in environment OS Astra Linux Special Edition 1.7. The joint solution is suitable for all industries, industries with which engineers can simulate parts and assemblies, work with documents and sketches, automatically receive drawings, schedules, etc. This was announced Astra Group by "" on November 15, 2023.

During testing, experts were convinced that the import-independent software stack works correctly and stably: the functionality of its components is fully available at workplaces running Astra Linux.

KOMPAS-3D is used to design products of the main and auxiliary industries in the aircraft industry, shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, instrument engineering, metallurgy, industrial, civil construction and many other industries. Its application allows engineers to create new equipment, as well as ensure its modernization and maintenance. The current version of the product has advanced capabilities for 3D modeling, including object, surface, solid and sheet modeling, support direct editing of geometry and data exchange with other CAD packages. The system is registered in the register of the Ministry of Digital Development and is completely importonic: it is built on the domestic geometric kernel of the C3D, certified for operation under Astra Linux.

We are interested in ensuring that all current versions of our products are fully compatible with the Astra Linux operating system used by our customers. Therefore, we work closely with Astra Group and with the release of each new version KOMPAS-3D conduct an appropriate set of checks to obtain a certificate. A similar certificate has KOMPAS-3D versions v21, and now v22, "said Igor Volokitin, KOMPAS-3D Product Director.

With the departure of Western vendors from the Russian market and the need to switch to domestic software for customers, it is important to get not just individual solutions, but a whole range of products that will fully meet their needs. This is especially important for enterprises that use CAD solutions such as KOMPAS-3D. Recently, ASCON and Astra Group have done a great job to achieve a high level of product compatibility, and we are not going to stop there, "said Kirill Sinkov, Head of Technology Partners at Astra Group.

KOMPAS-3D v22

On July 3, 2023, the company ASCON introduced the 22nd version of its flagship product of the KOMPAS-3D 3D modeling system. Updated: KOMPAS-3D, COMPASS-Graph, as well as applications for design in various industries. industries The updated version expands the design capabilities of high-tech products. Users will receive even more tools to implement their projects: a number of changes in the field of solid, surface and sheet modeling, optimization of work with polygon objects during reverse engineering, optimization of work with the specification and product composition editor.

We continue to develop our products in accordance with the roadmap, which, in the process of continuous interaction with customers and clarification of requirements, helped to move from the implementation of generalized functional blocks to solving specific problems of high-tech engineering enterprises. In addition, we have another very important strategic task - to adapt KOMPAS-3D for domestic operating systems, therefore, within the framework of v22, an internal prototype of the native version of COMPAS for Linux has been developed. told Igor Volokitin, Product Director KOMPAS-3D

According to the company, the v22 KOMPAS-3D includes several hundred functional changes and three additional applications. As of July 2023, more than 800 users have already tried the version as part of alpha and beta testing. Overall changes are presented in the following blocks.

3D-MODELIROVANIE

One of the most popular and sought-after changes according to alpha and beta testers KOMPAS-3D v22 was the ability to create variants of its geometric representation in the model. The functionality will be useful for representing an assembly model in various operating states (with moving components in extreme positions, etc.) or without some parts or features - for creating simplified representations in a drawing, as well as for other tasks in which the same geometric model can be represented differently.

Significantly optimized sketch diagnostics. Added color indication of information and excess dimensions, geometric objects that do not have any degree of freedom, objects and restrictions that have lost their connection. When you edit a sketch, its definition state is displayed on the sketch mode icon.

The updated version expands the capabilities of working with polygon objects to solve reverse engineering problems. You can create intersection lines between a polygon object and a plane or other polygon object, and create a surface (planar, cylindrical, conical, spherical) similar to a polygon object.

Another possibility is to automatically account for the presence of a workpiece object in the part. The texts of the procurement instructions in the schedule and drawing fully comply with GOST. In wireframe modeling, additional commands are available to help you draw a tool path, groove outline, or lettering/logo on a model face, and to get curves flat. Changing the point curvature of a Spline can now be made smoother with additional order and anti-aliasing controls.

2D-PROEKTIROVANIE

A special toolbar has appeared that is designed to optimize the convenience of working with the Object Constraints command. After you specify an object, it automatically appears near the cursor and allows you to remove or place restrictions on that object. The Add Generic Name command automatically creates or excludes the generic name for a group of standard products or materials from the BOM.

APPLICATIONS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

KOMPAS-3D v22 has been replenished with the following applications: "Equipment: Ventilation Systems," "Detachable Connections" and "Coatings." The latter received the most reviews among the first KOMPAS-3D v22 testers and will help create various types of coatings in 3D models, indicating their properties and characteristics.

The "Equipment: Welded Joints" appendix has been renamed to "Permanent Joints" and has received functional changes. You can now model not only welds, but also glues, and calculate the gluing area and mass of the material.

An important change has occurred in applications that any KOMPAS-3D user is familiar with - Materials and Assortments for KOMPAS-3D and Standard Products for COMPASS-3D. Now the applications have been transferred to a single technological platform of engineering and reference data. Users will receive a single interface and logic, a quick search for reference data, management of standard product data, an increase in the range of reference data in the delivery, and a closer connection with other applications.

APPENDICES IN CONSTRUCTION

Applications "Power supply: ES/EM" will simplify and optimize the work of specialists who solve complex problems in the design of electrical equipment. With the built-in 3D Route Builder window, you can quickly create a single 3D model of route and equipment designs, including harness subassemblies. Internal integration with COMPASS-Electric will help transfer data for the design of electrical equipment on an electrical model (ETM) with just a click of a button.

In the appendices "Gas supply: GOS," "External networks: NVK" and "Thermal networks: TS" there is a choice of GOST for the design of profiles and tables for the profile. Specialists working with trunk pipelines will note the form corresponding to the technical regulations STO Gazprom 2-3.5-695-2013.

Compatibility with OS Rosa "Chrome" and "Fresh"

The company STC IT ROSA on June 2, 2023 announced the full compatibility of ROSA CHROME OS and ROSA FRESH OS with the KOMPAS-3D 3D modeling system developed by ASCON, as well as with the WINE @ Etersoft software version 8, x86_64, created by Etersoft. Read more here.

Astra Linux Special Edition Compatibility with KOMPAS-3D v21 Systems

On February 10, 2023, Astra Group of Companies announced that, together with ASCON, it had completed a set of tests of the operability of the computer-aided design (CAD) system KOMPAS-3D v21 in the Astra Linux Special Edition OS. Based on the results of inspections, vendors confirmed that the products are compatible: at workplaces under Astra Linux using WINE @ Etersoft, you can use both the basic CAD and all applications for computer and instrument engineering. Thus, an import-independent software stack is available to Russian organizations and industrial enterprises, the components of which are included in the register of the Ministry of Digital Industry.

With the help ON of KOMPAS-3D, engineers in all industries industries create equipment, modernize it and provide support during productions the devices. The current version of the product provides advanced capabilities for 3D modeling, including object, surface, solid and sheet modeling, in addition, direct editing of geometry and exchange data with other CAD packages are supported. The system is completely importonic: it is built on domestic geometric, to kernel C3D certified work under Astra. Linux

KOMPAS-3D passed all tests affecting a wide range of operations typically performed by CAD users. These include working with documents and sketches, modeling parts and assemblies, automatically obtaining drawings and schedules, and using standard product and material libraries.

Launching KOMPAS-3D applications on OS Astra Linux using WINE @ Etersoft was unstable at first, it would be uncomfortable to work in such a configuration. Especially for compatibility with Astra Linux Special Edition, the application "Shafts and Mechanical Transmissions" was improved. Thus, we can talk not only about running the KOMPAS-3D in the Astra Linux environment through WINE @ Etersoft, but also about debugging the CAD code itself to ensure reliable and uninterrupted user operation, Dmitry Ginda noted, director of to marketing ASCONS System.

Ensuring the smooth operation and growth of everyone, industries economies especially industry, is critical. To do this, it is necessary to provide market compatible import-independent IT products as soon as possible, the functionality and reliability of which are not inferior to those implemented in foreign solutions. Therefore, together with colleagues in IT, a lot of efforts are made to ensure that technological the stacks consisting of software work correctly and are convenient to use. The possibility of using KOMPAS-3D under Astra Linux is an important achievement, and the company thanks everyone who participated in tests and software adaptation for effective cooperation and inclusion. commented Dmitry Tarakanov, Head of the Department for the Development of Technological Cooperation of Astra Group of Companies.

ADEM CAM Announcement for Compass-3D

ASCON Together with the partner in the consortium "DlavitIe" group of companies, the company ADEM presented a product ADEM CAM for KOMPAS-3D - CADCAM a full-fledged/system built on the Russian software components. The company ASCON announced this on February 6, 2023. More. here

2022

Compatibility of "KOMPAS-3D" v21 with "Alt Workstation" 10

The version of the computer-aided design system KOMPAS-3D v21 works steadily in the Alt Workstation operating system 10. Compatibility of solutions is provided by the Russian WINE @ Etersoft application. The import-independent software stack serves for safe application in industry and engineering education. All three products are included in the Unified Register of Russian Software. This was announced on December 29, 2022 by ASCON.

OS and CAD compatibility is the result of a technological partnership between the three companies. As software versions are released, engineers re-enable their consistently reproducible collaboration. The previous version of the KOMPAS-3D also worked with the Alt Workstation, Alt Server, Alt Education and Alt 8SP operating systems, WINE @ Etersoft also provided support for their joint work.

During the testing of KOMPAS-3D v21 in Alt, WINE @ Etersoft tested the most frequently used operations by engineers: creating documents and sketches, creating supporting geometry, creating assemblies, releasing drawings and specifications, and using libraries of standard products and materials. As a result, the system showed full functional performance without changing performance indicators.

Шаблон:Quote 'author = said Igor Volokitin, COMPAS-3D Product Director.

{{quote 'author = noted Sergey Trandin, CEO of "BASEALT." | It is very important that the Alt operating systems ecosystem has a powerful engineering package. Due to the current circumstances, industrial enterprises need to switch to Russian software. The software stack created by BASEALT, ASCON and Etersoft will help to do this quickly and without unnecessary costs for integrating software products,}}

Шаблон:Quote 'author = added Konstantin Kondratyuk, deputy director of Etersoft.

Compatibility of KOMPAS-3D v21 with Red OS

Russian developers ASCON and RED SOFTWARE have confirmed the compatibility and correctness of the KOMPAS-3D v21 software with the RED OS operating system. The Red Sofa company announced this on August 9, 2022.

Under the current conditions, import substitution of software at industrial facilities is a priority. The implementation of this process requires comprehensive solutions that would ensure the operation of engineering software with Russian operating systems. The operability of the RED OS KOMPAS-3D will allow customers, primarily at critical information infrastructure facilities, to quickly switch to the predominant use of sanctions-resistant software, "commented Rustam Rustamov, Deputy General Director of RED SOFT.

It is important for us to ensure for customers not only a quick transition, but also the stability of CAD under the control of Russian operating systems. Users can be sure of the reliability of the KOMPAS-3D and RED OS bundle. Developer cooperation expands the set of applied IT solutions compatible with domestic OS, thereby helping to achieve technological independence in all sectors of the economy, "said Igor Volokitin, KOMPAS-3D Product Director.

Compass-3D v21

On April 1, 2022, ASCON announced the release of a beta version of Compass-3D v21.

The future version of Compass-3D will be released in the summer of 2022. From April 1 to May 31, 2022, everyone can take part in the beta testing of Compass-3D v21 and applications.

For users, beta testing is not only an acquaintance with innovations, but also a "run-in" of the future version on their own projects and work scenarios, as well as checking compatibility with their own software and hardware.

For developers, beta testing is an important stage in the release life cycle of the version, which provides massive feedback from users about the quality and performance of Compass-3D.

Compass-3D v21 and applications were created in accordance with the Ascon roadmap. The development took into account many user suggestions on the topics of three-dimensional (solid, surface, sheet) modeling, drawing tools and specifications, design applications in various industries. industries

Key innovations:

• In 3D modeling: inscriptions, tables and technical requirements in the graphics area of ​ ​ the 3D model, inserting a subassembly into an assembly as an assembly unit or "scattering," mutual movement of assembly components of any level, setting the range of possible changes in distance between objects, scaling three-dimensional curves and bodies with different coefficients along axes, automatic scaling of the sketch to the first size.
• Surface modeling: additional ways to create linear surfaces and conical section curves, the ability to create a curve with a high order of smoothness and smooth curvature change - Metaspline, the surface of the conical section of minimum stress, the color map of surface curvature.
• Import/export: Import OBJ- format models, import STL and JT format models as a polygon object, import tables from DXF/DWG format to Compass-3D table object, read attributes from JT format files, save export settings (STL, JT, STEP) and import settings (JT, STEP).
• In applications in mechanical engineering: constructing a pipeline in an assembly without creating a file on disk, installing nozzles and barrels during the construction of the pipeline, constructing knits with flanges and end knots in metal structures, importing metal structures from Aveva, the current mechanism for designating welds in the model, checking weldability, converting welds into solids.
• In applications in construction: a picking mechanism for inclusion in the specification of additional products and materials (protective coatings, fasteners, paints, terminals, consumables, etc.), creation of drawers and their entry into the cable and pipe log, dynamic route markers.
• Optimized commands and processes: Chamfer, Round, Surface by Curve Network, Surface Extension, Continuity Check, Boolean Operation, Action Patterns, Hole/Cutout in Sheetbody, Product Composition Panel, working with document templates, working with parametric constraints in sketches and graphics documents.

2021

Director of the Ural plant sentenced to a year in prison for using the pirated version of Compass - 3D software

At the end of November 2021, the Asbestovsky Court of the Sverdlovsk Region sentenced Ivan Krasnourchenko, director of UZKO LLC (Ural Boiler Equipment Plant), to one year in a general regime colony for using pirated software. Read more here.

Compass-3D v20

The company ASCON on July 1, 2021 presented an updated version of its flagship product - KOMPAS-3D v20. This is a Russian design system built on its own geometric core C3D.

This version can directly read the formats of almost all CAD systems without the need to pre-convert them, including when inserting imported components into the KOMPAS-3D assembly. Additional direct geometry editing tools are available. Surface and sheet modeling has been improved, a lot of work has been done on the convenience of design, speed and performance of the system.

{{quote 'author = said Igor Volokitin, KOMPAS-3D Product Director:

The 20th version received all the best that was done in the previous ones: v17 - design: dramatically updated interface and techniques v18 - speed: several times increased system speed when working with large assemblies v19 - efficiency: the appeared functionality for solving the problems of engine building, aircraft building and shipbuilding.

The updated KOMPAS-3D is a productive and even more functional product that will solve the problems of both current and new users, }}

The supported system formats are UGS/NX, CATIA, ProE/Creo, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, and Inventor.

Now you can manage toolbars, create your toolbars, fill them with the necessary commands, move, hide, and delete them.

Contextual panels can also be customized for yourself. Their composition depends on the document you are working with, as well as the selected object - face, edge, or line in the drawing.

The functionality of surface modeling has KOMPAS-3D been replenished with a completely different type of surface - "Surface of a conical section," which is formed by moving the curve of a conic section along two guides with the ability to change the parameters of this section. As a result, a very smooth surface is formed along its entire length.

The surface has been redesigned along a network of curves. You can now use multi-segment curves as surface boundaries, explicitly define feature point connection chains, control the fillet direction of surfaces, and optimize the surface shape for a more predictable result on an infrequently defined but sufficiently curved curve grid.

You have created the Curvature Graph Grid command to diagnose surface smoothness. The result of the command is curvature graphs for surface intersection lines with planes that are either parallel to the reference plane or radially around a specified point.

A solid or surface model, including a model with no build history, can now be turned into a sheet metal part and then flattened. This sets various parameters for the sheet body itself, corners, and bends. You can automatically search for rounds that determine the position of bends in the sheet metal body, and the resulting sheet metal body remains associative to the original model.

The Flange command creates a bend in a sheet metal part along a flat freeform edge.

Body Stamping is another command that creates a stamping in the sheet metal body in the form of another, previously created in the body model. During the operation, you can specify whether this body is a core or a matrix, and select faces to cut - there will be holes in the stamping in their place.

The control panel "Product composition" appeared, designed to work with the properties of the product and its components. Product Composition helps you view and modify the properties of components, manage their inclusion in the current style schedule, and add and remove them.

The application will allow you to quickly build cable channels without a pre-created path. Customize styles with channel profile, rotations, and branches. Automatically count the fasteners and add them to the schedule. The user will be able to add their elements to the cable channel and set the channel profile using the fragment library. The application will be useful for designing the connection of equipment to power supply or automation.

In the appendix "Equipment: Steel Structures" a group of commands for insulating frame structures has appeared. You can isolate an entire profile, solid, or face. The new teams will come in handy when designing the vessel's recruitment.

The second major change to the application is import from IFC (Industry Foundation Classes). This command opens file the IFC format containing the metal structures for editing. IFC is an open format for exchanging data between different - BIM systems, such as Renga. After reading the metal structure, you can edit the application commands, generate a set of KMD documentation, and unload models for cutting on CNC machines.

The COMPASS application continues to develop. Power supply, "its functionality was replenished with electrical calculations: calculation of short-circuit currents according to GOST 28249-93 (single-phase, two-phase and three-phase, shock circuits); calculation of voltage drop (taking into account the temperature in the room); design current of the line; calculation of required number of cable cores. All calculations are available not only in the Electrical Model, but are also generated in the report "Calculation of electrical loads" as per RTM 36.18.32.4-92.

When routing and routing cables, the application allows you to create cable groups. Branch boxes are formed in automatic mode.

Also, a specialist can receive not only a general specification of equipment, materials and products for the object, but also floor-by-floor. When you make changes, the BOMs are automatically updated.

Automated checks have been added to the appendix: correctness of the structure of the electrical model, compliance of nominal values with calculated values, etc.

In the applications for the external networks "Gas supply: GOS," "External networks: NVK" and "Thermal networks: TS," the possibility of multi-tube laying of networks has appeared - this is the construction of several networks at once along the same trajectory. Improved digitization of the topographic image will reduce the work time of specialists.

In total, more than 100 functional changes have been implemented in the v20 KOMPAS-3D.

In 2D mode, an arc centerline appears to control the length of the circle arc.

Adding in 3D modeling - the Cut command to split the body into parts - is especially useful for those who design the process tooling. The array commands have been finalized. Now you can copy individual instances of other patterns, you can include an axis and threads in the pattern for the hole.

According to user suggestions, the ability to isolate components is implemented (not to be confused with insulation). This is a mode that displays only the selected components.

Improved positioning in associative drawing. The created balloon is now automatically included in the component schedule object that the symbol leader line points to. If you specify a leader origin point inside the face projection profile, the system automatically creates an associative link between the leader line and the face projection.

We continue to develop the topic of performance and speed of various processes, not only in 3D, but also when working with drawings. It accelerates the group opening of documents, switching between document tabs, creating an array of operations, performing a Hole operation with automatic definition of the scope, clearing the area, redrawing the drawing on the screen, etc.

In the appendix "Shafts and mechanical gears" additional types of threads appeared: metric according to GOST 4608-81, American inch UN according to the ASME B1.1-2003 standard, British inch Whitworth according to the BS 84:1956 standard, ocular thread according to GOST 5359-77.

Transient, cylindrical and conical nozzle types have been added to the Equipment: Unfolds appendix.

In the application "Mechanics: Springs" springs made of stainless steel appeared.

In the appendix "Equipment. Cables and bundles "import of data from the CAD MAX system is implemented. The 3D model of the product assembly is supplied with a list of harness components with tags and reference to 3D component models, as well as a list of group electrical connections between harness components. On this basis, the application generates a 3D model of the harness (cable). When you import data, the harness connection table is populated at the same time.

2020

Compass-3D v19

On July 9, 2020, ASCON presented an updated version of the KOMPAS-3D design system. The release v19 included machine-building, instrument-making and construction configurations. Developing in the direction of the heavy-class CAD system, KOMPAS-3D received additional tools for solving the problems of aircraft, shipbuilding and engine building. In total, KOMPAS-3D v19 contains more than 70 changes and additions in the areas of interface, three-dimensional modeling, drawing, topological optimization, engineering calculations. Most of them are implemented according to user suggestions.

"Flexible" interface

Flexible customization of the interface is enhanced: KOMPAS-3D allows you to create custom dashboards and customize the format of the name in the Document Tree.

3D modeling

According to the developer, the release includes 17 different 3D modeling additions, ranging from choosing a sketch area for extrusion to improving performance. In the interests of aircraft and engine builders, surface modeling is developing - in the 19th version there was an increase in functionality in this direction. Curve and surface analysis tools are available, such as curvature plot, curvature check, curve continuity check.

The "shipbuilding" capabilities of the KOMPAS-3D are expanding. For the design of body structures and foundations, the Plate command was modified (drawing the Plate at the Border, Tight abutment), the commands were added: Break Plate, Belt (creating an arbitrary Belt with offset and indents at the ends), Puncture (automatic selection of a cutout for a permeable body structure). For the design of ship systems, the application "Equipment: Pipelines" has been improved: the algorithm of the "Build Pipeline" command has been redesigned, the command "Create Connection Point," "Isolate Pipeline" and the ability to build flexible hoses have been added.

The imported model scenario has been updated to take into account the multi-CAD environment when an engineer uses multiple design systems. A model created in any CAD system must be saved in a universal format (STEP, IGES, ACIS, Parasolid, JT) and placed in the KOMPAS-3D assembly using blends. If this imported model (source file) is modified in the original CAD, the KOMPAS-3D automatically recognizes this. The user can only decide to update the imported component. In many cases, after the update, the previously imposed interfaces will remain operational, stressed in the "ASCON."

Such a scenario, according to the developer, will be in demand both by a machine-building designer working with a complex product with a large chain of cooperation, and by a process designer who will be able to use objects made in other CAD systems in the construction project for assembling the technological situation or modeling with the subsequent study of supports, racks or equipment piping.

According to the developer, attention deserves "textures" that not only create a realistic representation of the model, but also speed up the design process. Simulating corrugations, corrugations, braids, knurls, perforations, etc. will simplify work with large assemblies by reducing the "weight" of models and, as a result, increasing the speed of operations.

The interference check command has been redesigned - in the version presented, it is called Collision Check and allows, in addition to intersections, to check threaded connections and find gaps between components less than a specified value. The detected collisions are highlighted in a different color.

Other additions include the ability to create sheetbody patterns and another type of round (full).

2D Design

You have automatically created centerlines in the drawing. According to user suggestions, you can also round the dimensions to the desired sign and create a local section on the detail.

Applications for Mechanical and Instrument Engineering

The IOSO-K Optimization application has appeared to find the optimal geometry, taking into account the imposed restrictions. According to the developer, the IOSO-K optimizer will be useful for those who are engaged in engineering calculations in the KOMPAS-3D. The application can work either independently or in conjunction with other calculation applications APM FEM and KompasFlow.

The APM FEM topological optimization module has added tools to smooth the polygon, optimized model and convert it to a solid.

As noted in ASCON, industry applications KOMPAS-3D in the presented version are distinguished by functionality and performance growth:

• Fully updated application Equipment: Cables and harnesses. The speed of his work has increased 15 times. Add-ons include creating cable and harness paths with splines, drawing communication lines for selected connections;
• Mechanics: Springs: automatic spring tension when placed in an assembly;
• Equipment: Piping: restoring the pipe body when the element is removed;
• Equipment: Structural Steel: Added sheet metal modeling tools.

Construction applications

Enhanced integration between applications using a single MinD design technology (Model in Drawing). As a result, information will appear in the drawing, according to which specialists in adjacent sections will be able to automate the creation of their drawings and models. An example is the updated Room Manager in the Architecture: AS/AP application. It describes the characteristics of the premises, calculates the areas and makes an explication of the premises. The Room Manager sets environmental parameters, lighting requirements and other room properties for the needs of electricians and technologists.

COMPASS objects received insertion modes "Do not take into account in the space area" and "Always simplified projection," which also supports subsequent integration between applications, according to Ascon.

As part of the Construction Configuration, the application Heat Networks: HW was developed, which automates the preparation and issue of working documentation for laying heat networks in accordance with the requirements of GOST 21.705-2016 "Design Documentation System for Construction (SPDS). Rules for Execution of Detailed Design Documentation of Heating Networks. " The program operates in the environment of COMPASS-Schedule and is similar in principle to the applications Gas supply: Seeker and External networks: NVK (they are also updated as part of release v19).

Integration with Max CAD solution

On May 26, 2020, Aerospace Systems announced the development of an integration solution for seamless interaction between the cable network design system and the Max and KOMPAS-3D pipeline systems. Read more here.

Compass-3D v18 compatibility with ThinkStation P Series and ThinkPad laptop

On March 19, 2020, it became known that Lenovo announced the expansion of the ThinkStation P series stations and ThinkPad mobile workstations.

The high performance and reliability of Lenovo stations was confirmed by ASCON, a Russian developer of engineering software for design, production and business. The ThinkStation RZ30 and the laptop and ThinkPad P received compatibility certificates when working with the KOMPAS-3D v18 design system. The latest version of the system allows you to work with large 3D assemblies with a volume of up to several million components and use all the power of Lenovo workstations.

The stationary ThinkStation P330 models have been configured processors Intel from the latest generation up to Core i9-9900K, which provide high performance for both core-frequency sensitive and multi-core-efficient applications. Professional graphics cards Nvidia Quadro of the latest generation family - up to RTX 4000 - effectively cope with the display of complex models, and the ability to expand RAM up to 128 GB (Tower/SFF models) allows you to work with large assemblies.

Full list of certified devices:

• ThinkStation P330 Tower;
• ThinkStation P330 SFF;
• ThinkStation P330 Tiny;
• ThinkPad P43s;
• ThinkPad P53s;
• ThinkPad P53;
• ThinkPad P73;
• ThinkPad P1.

2019

Compass-3D v18 Home

On August 1, 2019, Ascon released an updated version of the 3D modeling system for home use KOMPAS-3D v18 Home. Key updates in the Home version of COMPASS affected functionality, as well as the convenience of working with CAD.

• Speed up work and high-quality picture on the screen

KOMPAS-3D v18 Home users will receive the same acceleration as professional users. A model of any complexity will easily rotate even on not the most powerful computers, and when rotated, it will not transform into one large cube, the developer says.

Realistic transparency has become visually more correct: transparent parts do not merge with each other, more precisely, partial transparency of bodies is displayed.

The model will become much smoother thanks to the existing rendering and display accuracy settings.

• Parameterization of rectangles and polygons relative to the center

Rectangles and polygons are parameterized with respect to the center. So the user does not need to parameterize anything on his own.

• To Project Generating Bodies of Revolution

In the sketch, it became possible to project the generatrices of the revolved bodies in one click. The user does not need to make additional builds for this.

• More interface settings

You can adjust the size of icons and texts directly from the COMPASS window. Users with poor vision will be able to customize the convenient size of the icons for themselves. It is also possible to adjust the size of icons by changing the size of the system font in the operating system. Both settings can work together.

It became possible to arrange the dialing commands in one, two or three lines.

In addition, you can almost completely disable the interface in order to consider the model properly.

• Working with assemblies of any complexity

This was made possible by the Layout feature. It simplifies overly complex components, replaces the geometry of the heavy component with another simpler model, while preserving the properties of the original, and provides the effect of "continuous rotation" of the volumetric assembly. Component layout properties match those of the original components. This makes the report or BOM for the assembly consisting of layouts up to date. You must create a layout file in advance.

• Advanced Search

In KOMPAS-3D v18 Home, command search has been improved. The typed part of the command name is highlighted in blue, and their location in the menu is displayed under the commands. According to the developer, this will help you quickly find the necessary commands and remember their location.

• Training materials

Added the code "Methods of work in COMPASS-Schedule." The alphabet will help both novice and experienced users get acquainted with the features of working with drawings that make it easier to work.

As noted in ASCON, the KOMPAS-3D Home system is intended exclusively for personal non-commercial use and can only be installed on home computers of individuals.

Compass-3D v18.1

On February 26, 2019, ASCON announced the release of SP1 updates to v18, making the KOMPAS-3D even faster, more reliable and more functional.

In addition to a large number of improvements, the service pack included more than 40 additions in 3D modeling, 2D design, interface, as well as in applications for mechanical engineering and construction. The developer presents some of them:

• The graphics area can be enlarged by automatically hiding the sidebars (Options, Document Tree, etc.). In this case, when a command is called, the Options panel appears automatically and remains on the screen until the command is completed.

• KOMPAS-3D learned to project the "contours" of curved faces into a sketch. This allows you to snap geometry in Sketch to the sketch lines of the desired surface. It is important that if you change the shape or position of this surface, the sketch will also rebuild. You can also project reference and coordinate planes perpendicular to the sketch plane into the sketch (the projection results in reference lines).
• The ability to copy geometry of objects (solids, surfaces, etc.) appeared in KOMPAS-3D V15. Copies of geometry are linked to their original objects, which changes when they are edited. In KOMPAS-3D v18.1, the user can enable manual updating of the copy, as well as specify whether it should track changes in its source file. This mechanism will allow you to make changes to the source and not change its copy: this change will be especially useful in the collective development of complex products, according to ASCON.

• Thanks to the output of SP1, the gain edges in the leaf body can be deflected.
• In the presented version, you can transfer a sketch from the model to the drawing. This will eliminate the need for the user to extrude sketches with marking elements (trademark, serial number, various technical data, etc.) and thereby complicate the model. The speed of constructing associative views/sections from such a model will increase significantly.
• You can apply the Clear Background command to multiple selected objects at the same time, which is relevant for working with files imported from DWG/DXF formats.
• The changes also affected the specifications. First, in the presented version, you can quickly create a BOM for the assembly drawing, while the assembly drawing itself and the 3D model will automatically connect to it, if any. Second, the Delete Custom Objects command appears, which deletes all manually created BOM objects (except Documentation). Third, macronutrients or images from a view of another drawing can be added to the schedule one click at a time.
• In the application Shafts and mechanical transmissions, another type of mechanism appeared - Hypoid transmissions. This is a type of axially offset conical wheel. It is characterized by increased load capacity, smoothness and quiet operation. Thanks to these characteristics, it found application in transport: in the drives of leading axles of cars, dynamo cars of railway cars.
• In the appendix Equipment: Pipelines additions have appeared:
  • Flexible hoses. Such hoses are found wherever it is impossible to install a rigid, metal pipeline. These can be high pressure hoses (HPR), for example, in the hydraulics of an excavator or truck crane. Or hoses for transporting different media, for example, gas welding hoses or filling with oil products. In the presented version, in just two seconds, you can draw the desired hose from point A to point B.
  • Pipe styles. It allows you to create pipe sections in the same pipeline with different properties (name, conditional pipe passage, pipe wall thickness, outer pipe diameter, conditional pressure, medium).
  • Connection point required for auto-selection of pipe style. It is recommended to create a connection point on the hardware. This is convenient when used repeatedly.

• The main change in the Construction Configuration application is the significant acceleration of 3D models from the drawing. The speed of "lifting" the model from the drawing using MinD technology has increased many times. This acceleration is observed in both rich drawings and piping applications. For example, a model from a tank farm drawing can be formed 5-6 times faster, according to ASCON.
• The Change View Plane command appears in the Construction Object Manager to provide a temporary view or section view of the vertical plane from the plan. This view/section will show the elements of the applications AS/AR, TX, RH, IC and COMPASS objects located on the plan. A temporary view allows you to adjust the location of items, add new items, and submit any changes to the plan.
• SP1 adds the ability to create insulated fittings for pipelines and ducts, as well as the ability to automatically add insulation to the schedule.
• Transition tees from rectangular section to circular sections have been added to the plumbing systems catalog.

2018: Release of Compass-3D v18

On September 19, 2018, the ASCON company presented the next version of its flagship product - Compass-3D v18.

According to Ascon, the presented version of the product accelerated the execution of more than 30 basic operations with the model, including opening, rebuilding and closing. The operations of rotating, shifting, and scaling large assemblies have become faster. In addition, the speed of specification formation has increased.

When constructing views, it became possible to "Draft Projection," which, according to the developer, significantly speeds up the construction of a large assembly view. It is also possible to rebuild a separate associative view. If it takes a long time to rebuild the entire drawing due to the complexity of the model, this option will speed up the work. This is possible thanks to the Layout feature. It simplifies excessively complex components, replaces the geometry of a heavy component with another simpler model while preserving the properties of the original and provides the effect of "continuous rotation" of a huge assembly.

According to the developer's statement, Compass-3D v18 contains several important additions. Topological optimization. Exclude up to 70% of the model volume while maintaining the required product strength using the built-in APM FEM application. Topological optimization "(a joint product of ASCON and NTC APM).

Hydrogas-dynamic calculations. Modeling the flow of liquids and gases in volume or flowing/blowing geometry directly in the Compass window using the KompasFlow application (a joint product of ASCON and TESIS).

Quickly insert fasteners and typical connections. Using the Hardware: Structural Steel application, you can create your own typical connections that meet repeatedly in the same product, and then select and place the desired one between the structural supports, such as profiles or plates. And with the Bolted Connection command, you can add fasteners to a hole group in one click. The fastening connection may include bolts, washers and nuts.

Hybrid schemes in the Compass-Electric application. The peculiarity of the presented type of diagrams is in the combination of elements of schematic and installation diagrams. Hybrid diagrams may have labels for harnesses and individual wires in the diagram. Individual components can be displayed not conditionally, but close to a real product. This approach has a number of advantages: the design process is accelerated by reducing the set of documents necessary for the production of the product, emphasized in the "ASCON."

Also implemented are: circular and linear grids of centers; parametric rectangle and polygon; added many additional special cases of constructing rounds, types of mechanical gears: conical transmission with a tangential tooth and cylindrical arched wheels; Create harness runs by manually specifying route points without first creating a path. a reinforcement rib on the sheet metal bend; creating holes of arbitrary shapes.^[1]

2017: Entry into the Compass-3D V17 market

In April 2017, ASCON announced the launch of a new version of its flagship product - Compass-3D V17. One of its main innovations is a radically changed interface. At the stage of product development, the company told TAdviser that the last time the interface in Compass-3D changed equally significantly in 2003-2004. and that work on it was carried out for about two years. At the same time, the changes are not only visual - to increase the user's convenience with the system, its logic was redesigned.

In the new version, the maximum space is allocated to modeling and the minimum to the interface itself, noted in the "ASCON." It was redesigned so that the engineer, working on his task, was not distracted from the idea by buttons and switches, but was concentrated on the object he was working on.

The Compass-3D V17 interface takes into account the conditions of many hours of work of engineers - for this, a margin of contrast is provided for working in different lighting so that vision does not strain. Also, the new version takes into account the specifics of modern widescreen monitors.

In the beta version of Compass-3D V17, the interface was implemented in a calm color scheme, which the company's employees informally called among themselves "50 shades of gray." In the final version of the product, 16 color scheme combinations in dark and light variations became available to users.

The new version provides support for multi-monitor work - you can work with an assembly and schedule, part and drawing at the same time. In addition, "Compass-3D V17" is able to "pick up" the license on the fly in case of loss of communication with the license server or accidental seizure of the physical key.

The developers claim that the performance of the system has significantly increased when working with rich drawings: only the visible area of ​ ​ the drawing is rebuilt, everything else remains behind the scenes. It is also possible to freely move components in an assembly that are not fixed by fillets without calling any commands.

Innovations have also appeared in applications. "Shafts and Mechanical Transmissions 3D" allows you to create realistic threads, and in "Equipment: Steel Structures" the process of preparing documentation for the designed structure has become as automated as possible.

In addition, new applications have appeared inside the Compass-3D environment. One of them is Compass-Expert, designed to automatically check documents for specified types of tests for compliance with design standards, restrictive lists of the enterprise and rules of work in Compass-3D. Another novelty is the application for calculating and building drawings and models of watch transmissions "Shafts and 3D mechanical transmissions. Clockwork. "

According to ASCON, by the time the product officially entered the market, more than 600 enterprises had issued a pre-order for it.

2016: Beta version of "Compass-3D V17." Key changes

In October 2016, Ascon announced the start of open beta testing of a new version of its flagship product - Compass-3D V17. The official release of the solution was scheduled for spring 2017.

In the new Compass-3D, the interface has changed significantly. The company told TAdviser that the last time it changed just as significantly was in 2003-2004. According to the director of CAD and AEC of ASCON , Sergei Evsikov, work on the new interface was carried out for about two years. The changes are not only visual - to improve the user's convenience with the system, its logic has been redesigned.

For example, Compass-3D improves the convenience of mass operations (building parts) and setting parameters. Now, in many cases, you do not need to exit one operation to enter parameters in another. Commands of the same type in different operations have become one process, which gives the user the opportunity to switch from one type of construction to another at any time, without losing the entered parameters, the company explains.

Due to the new work logic, the new version reduced the number of actions that the user needs to perform to perform the operation. According to Ascon estimates, the "mileage" with the mouse was reduced by about 30%, and the number of mouse clicks by 15-20%.

Another key innovation in Compass-3D V17, according to Sergei Evsikov, is the ability of its interface to adapt to the user's work and focus his attention on exactly the parameters that need to be worked with at the moment. If earlier the system displayed many different buttons and panels without a separate accent, now the interface has become context-sensitive: due to color solutions, the system will "prompt" the user in which mode he is currently working, which buttons and panels he may need, which parameters need to be entered in the first place, etc.

In the beta version, the interface was implemented in a calmer color scheme than before, which does not overload vision, was noted in ASCON. Employees of the company informally called it "50 shades of gray" among themselves. Color highlighting focuses the user's attention only in those places and only at the moment when it is really necessary.

Our goal is to make Compass-3D so that the user does not need training in working with the system. We want those who worked earlier with other systems and understand their principles to immediately switch to Compass-3D. At the same time, the interface will retain continuity with previous versions, "said the director of CAD and AEC of the ASCON direction.

One of the new features that appeared in Compass-3D V17 is the ability to search commands and the parts tree. For example, when entering the keywords "rotation operation," the system immediately provides the user with an interface to this operation.

It is also possible to work in multi-monitor mode: most engineers usually have two or more monitors on the table to work with the system. The new interface supports high-definition monitors, including 4K, and automatically scales to monitor resolution and OS settings.

The new version also redesigned the system architecture: the interface unit and the business logic unit in it are separated from each other. The developers explain that in the future this will simplify the ability to both make changes to the interface of the system itself and ensure the ability to work with it in the interfaces of other operating systems, for example, in Linux (until now, work in Compass-3D is possible only for Windows OS).

2015

Compass-3D V16 Release

On May 14, 2015, ASCON introduced a version of its flagship product -^[2]. One of the new key functions of the product in the company is the ability to create mirror parts, assembly, execution in it.

In addition, a new application appeared in Compass-3D - Stamps-3D - for the design of stamps and the application "Equipment: Metal Structures," which is used to design industrial metal structures (hangars, process racks, pipeline supports, various frames and frames, etc.).

In the new version of Compass-3D, the functionality of bending the sheet body was also seriously improved and a new implementation of the shell appeared - a linear shell. The latter is necessary in the design of equipment containing, for example, air ducts, where there is a transition from one shape to another (from a round section to a square), with the subsequent possibility of obtaining a scan for manufacture.

For construction design specialists, the "Auto Element" and "Auto Selection" commands were implemented in the new version of the solution.

Ascon added that later after the release of Compass-3D V16, in June 2015, another new application will appear in the product - the NC Milling module, designed to develop control programs for CNC machines.

Speaking about pricing policy, ASCON reported that the cost of the new version of Compass-3D will not change compared to the current version of Compass-3D V15. However, it is possible to increase the price of individual modules and applications of the product.

For existing users of Compass-3D, an update to Compass-3D V16 will be available at a price of 35%, 75% and 90% of the license price, depending on the version of the product that they already have installed.

3D Engine Model, 2015

Innovations in the product:

Mechanical engineering

• In Compass-3D V16, the developers paid attention to bending sheet metal. A wide range of commands have become available to users to quickly create bends without using additional operations and sketches. Particular attention is paid to the work with linear shells, which are based on the linear surface of the general view and are not always physically unfolded without plastic deformation. With the new Sheet Modeling features, it is easier to get a flat pattern of parts and transfer it to the equipment by which it will be cut out of the sheet and then folded.

• The appendix Equipment: Steel structures has been completely updated to the release of the version. It is characterized by high speed of building models, simplicity, convenience, interactivity.

• In the application Shafts and Mechanical Gears 3D, an optimization calculation of cylindrical gears has appeared. It provides a choice of the best solution that reflects any combination of criteria: strength, wear resistance, smoothness, etc. Also, with the help of the application, you can solve the opposite problem of designing a cylindrical gear - to select the parameters of the gear depending on the conditions of its operation.

Instrument making

• Appendix Equipment: Cables and Harnesses have made a breakthrough in the speed of operation. The formation time of the 3D harness model was reduced by 3-5 times, depending on the complexity of the harness. Now the designer has the ability to read the composition of connections from the Compass-Electric system thanks to an exchange XML file. Use this feature to automate the routing of harness/cable connections and models as much as possible.

• New items have appeared in COMPAS-Electric itself: a new solution in the design of documentation in COMPAS-Electric (applies to schemes from E3 to E6) makes it possible to increase the information content of documents. And when marking a potential node, you can now include the designation of the bundle and cable, which includes a specific connection between the devices.

Construction

• In the applications of the family of engineering systems - Technology: ТХ, Life support: ОВ, Life support: ВК - the options are supplemented: Auto-rack, Concentric auto-crossing, Eccentric auto-crossing, Auto-betting with selection, Auto-betting with transitions.

• The auto-bet with selection is able to find a size suitable for the control parameters (diameter, SDR, etc.) in the same section of the catalog from which the current size is selected. In the Catalog Panel, you can select values ​ ​ from available filters, then auto-sampling will be carried out taking into account fixed values. When you draw, a phantom image of the selected type is displayed. The AutoBet mode with transitions is also interesting, which allows you to insert the current size, and if necessary, selects the desired transition.

Integration of Technical Expert Reference Systems and 3D Modeling Systems KOMPAS-3D

In 2015, the companies Kodeks Consortium and Askon, which integrated their products: the professional reference system Tekhexpert and the three-dimensional modeling system Compass-3D, which made new opportunities available to users.

So, now, when creating drawings and three-dimensional models in the Compass-3D system, you can, without distraction from work, quickly use the functionality of the Tekhexpert PSS. To do this, the program has an intelligent panel "Tekhexpert," which provides a quick and convenient launch of the integrated program.

Also in the bundle, software products allow you to search the largest library of regulatory, technical, technological and regulatory documents "Tekhexpert" directly from the working environment "Compass-3D." In this case, you can enter both the names of a specific document and keywords, terms or abbreviations in the search string.

Another important result of integration in companies is the possibility of placing hyperlinks to regulatory documents. The main task of this development is to synchronize information from the Techexpert PSS with the content of the Compass-3D system files. Hyperlinks are linked to the relevant documents in the Tekhexpert PSS, which allows you to quickly access the specified regulation or standard.

The process of placing hyperlinks can be carried out in automatic or manual modes. During automatic arrangement, the system itself will find all the names of GOSTs, SNiPs, RDS and other NTD mentioned in the document, and will draw the corresponding hyperlinks. You can manually place links selectively.

2014

Compass-3D v15 Release

On March 17, 2014, Ascon introduced the V15 version of Compass-3D. The new design philosophy in the system is based on the Layout Geometry, Collections, and Copy Geometry commands, the integrated use of which is aimed at optimizing the teamwork process.

"Layout geometry" is a separate file - a single environment for all design participants and, in fact, it is a terms of reference through which work is organized in one design context. Layout Geometry, in conjunction with the Collections and Copy Geometry commands, allows you to easily transfer the design data between all specialists. Parallel use of copies does not lead to conflict situations during collective work and does not impose increased requirements for computer technology, since only the necessary geometric objects are copied, and not the entire geometry.

Ship low-speed diesel engine

The result of teamwork in KOMPAS-3D V15

In addition to these teams, in support of complex and large-scale product design work, the V15 KOMPAS-3D has additional tools for overall improvement in the convenience and efficiency of 3D design - Zones, Layers, and Model Section. Zones allow the user to quickly select components in a 3D product model and perform various operations on them. Layers is a tool that helps you distribute components that are part of a product into layers and assign certain properties to them - color, visibility, projection into a drawing, editing, etc. Model Section mode is necessary to visually "penetrate" into the model in order to perform the necessary actions in previously inaccessible areas, for example, check the model for assemblability or edit some parts at their location.

The KOMPAS-3D V15 has an updated interface that simplifies actions in the system. A new interactive manipulator has appeared, which can be seen in the lower left corner of the working window with the model. With the manipulator, you can position the model more accurately and use it to place the component in the assembly during insertion. New users of the system will benefit from interactive "mode indicators," which allow them to easily navigate in KOMPAS-3D operating modes.

Mechanical engineering

The developer notes that the Compass-3D V15 has reached a higher, functionally, level. The most popular applications in mechanical engineering are Metal Structures, Pipelines and Shafts and Mechanical Transmissions.

3D wireframe

The Steel Structures and Pipelines applications implement an innovative approach when creating three-dimensional trajectories. The function, called the 3D framework, is not inferior in its capabilities and usability to analogues among competitors, according to ASCON.

The list of designed mechanisms has been expanded in the appendix "Shafts and Mechanical Transmissions." Now gear and worm gears can be designed not only according to Russian, but also according to foreign standards (AGMA 201.02, ASA B6b, DIN 3972-52, ISO 53:1998, JIS B 1701-1973). The ability to design non-standard units affected not only gears, but also shaft elements such as involute and straight-sided splines.

Instrument making

One of the main changes affecting the COMPASS-Electric V15 application was the ability to create your own reports, which can be generated from arbitrary data required by the user at the moment. The functionality of the typesetting terminal block has also been improved.

COMPASS-Electric V15

Construction

The described novelties of the basic functionality "Compass-3D" V15 will be useful for construction design.

The Zones tool allows you to work with large models, breaking the designed object into parts (for example, sections, enclosures, or fragments) to simplify visualization management.

The dynamic section in the construction configuration is used to move around the building, with any slope of the plane for the best view of the object. This makes it possible to look inside the house, consider each section of the structure, check the correct construction, control the resulting 3D model and look at the structure from any angle.

Dynamic section

Layers in 3D

In Compass-3D, the V15 has undergone fundamental changes in terms of convenience and quality of work. MinD intelligent design technology has undergone. It has an indispensable functionality "Highlight by Properties," which allows you to find any objects by certain properties: for example, all brick walls with a thickness of 120 mm. At the same time, you can apply a filter that highlights walls not exceeding 3 meters or are in a strictly defined view.

Select By Property

In the new version, the context bar also works with applications, and the activity/inactivity of application commands allows you to direct the user to the correct order of use of commands for design.

The UDF command in construction applications appeared in KOMPAS-3D SP2 V14. This functionality significantly expands the capabilities of MinD technology - users have the opportunity to "fly" to create elements that are required during the work on the project. User bases can be infinitely filled with new objects for any construction application and exchanged between their colleagues.

Cloud Support

One of the features of the new Compass-3D V15 is cloud support, TAdviser was told in ASCON in March 2014. It is implemented through NVIDIA GRID virtualization technology, which, according to the developers, provides "full" graphics performance workstation level on any device.

As explained in Nvidia, the technology allows you to access the application from any client, including a thin one, for example, from a tablet. The application itself is installed on a virtual machine that is created on the server and assigned to a specific user at the moment. There, on the server, models are stored.

To ensure work with Compass-3D, Nvidia GRID is deployed on the server side. Nvidia explains that the technology allows multiple virtual machines to interact directly with the GPU, thereby ensuring the ability to have full graphics on virtual machines.

Special cards are installed in the server - GRID K1 (up to 16 users per card with low performance) or GRID K2 (up to 8 users with greater graphical performance). As a result of installing the hypervisor, the server creates the required number of virtual machines, on which the necessary OS and Compass-3D are then installed.

To access the application from mobile devices, the thin client is installed, and a ON Citrix Receiver hypervisor is installed on the server side. Citrix XenServer

Users can connect to virtual machines from any client over the local network or over the Internet.

Free training version "Compass-3D"

On September 17, 2014, Ascon announced the first free full-featured version of the Compass-3D product in its history for students. Until now, the company offered the Compass-3D LT product with limited functionality (without the ability to simulate assemblies) for free to schoolchildren and students. Home users were addressed to the paid version of Compass-3D Home.

The previous idea of ​ ​ Ascona to provide CAD to students and schoolchildren free of charge arose in 2011 and provided for access of educational institutions to the "cloud" version of "Compass," but the project was not implemented and in 2012 the company's "cloud" project was curtailed.

The current training version of the Compass will be distributed directly from the Ascona website. To receive it, students must register on the company's website.

As part of the training version, specialized applications for design in the engineering, instrument-making and construction industries:

• "Standard Products,"
• APM FEM strength analysis system,
• "Shafts and Mechanical Transmissions,"
• "Cables and bundles,"
• "AS/AR Architecture," etc.

Unit "Steam boiler injector" in the training version of "Compass-3D"

In the free version of Compass, laboratory work on engineering graphics, study of course and diploma projects is available, but it is allowed to install it only on students' personal computers.

The training version integrates mechanisms that prevent the use of software for commercial purposes. When you try to print a project, the text "Not for commercial use" is displayed on the paper. Files created in the training version of the product are incompatible with professional versions of the software.

Olga Kalyagina, Director of Public Relations "ASCON," noted: "The product will interest students of all technical universities, colleges and schoolchildren from, Russia Ukraine, Belarus Kazakhstan, Moldova and. Uzbekistan We forecast license demand of hundreds of thousands annually. "

2013

Compass-3D release V14

Compass-3D V14 fully deployed VDM direct variation modeling technology for free editing of previously created or imported 3D models from other CAD systems; integration of Compass-3D construction applications with calculation systems was implemented; added the ability to create variants for designed or new products. Mechanical Engineering Design "'

In Compass-3D, technologies aimed at improving the efficiency of 3D design and expanding the usual functions of CAD tools have received V14 serious development. In particular, the new version has increased the ability to work in 3D and specialized applications. Compass-3D V14 allows you not only to create 3D geometry, but also to fully describe the information model of the product, analyze it and prepare data for production - transfer it to the process design system or to the system for developing NC control programs. Control dimensions appeared in the 3D model, when dimensioning it became possible to specify the tolerance field, and the model itself should be rebuilt taking into account it - thus, the model in Compass-3D V14 contains all the necessary production information and technical requirements.

To create versions of already designed products or new products with different configurations, Compass-3D V14 implemented functionality that will allow you to work out the versions and form a set of documentation on them - drawings and group specifications.

Based on the wishes of Compass-3D users, the standard Hole command has undergone functional and visual changes in the new version of the system. It has changed the icon on the toolbar, and its capabilities have expanded - now you can create holes on both flat faces and curved surfaces.

For the convenience of drawing in accordance with GOST, OST, STP, DIN, ISO and other standards, COMPASS-Graphic integrated into Compass-3D has been developed in the direction of increasing automation of documentation execution. In the new version of the system, hatching is associated with the material specified in the 3D model, specifications are transferred from the 3D model, and control dimensions from sketches and operations are automatically projected into drawing views.

Instrument Engineering

Within the framework of the specialized configuration Instrument Engineering in Compass-3D V14 the most important changes occurred in the COMPASS-Electric system and the Compass-3D application: Cables and harnesses.

COMPASS-Electric adds the ability to generate a number of important user reports, implements useful service functions, for example, the Graphical Connection Editor, which allows you to visualize and simplify the process of designing connections and wiring diagrams. KOMPAS-3D: Cables and bundles give their users access to the functions of forming a contact list and automatic transfer of the composition of circuits from the block parts of the connectors to the mating parts of the bundle connectors.

Construction Engineering

The most attention in the Construction Configuration "Compass-3D" V14 the developers paid to the development of the technology of intelligent construction design MinD ("Model in Drawing" - model in the drawing). New features have emerged that provide comfortable operation and expand the use of end-to-end design technology:

• Data transfer from the Library: KM to the SCAD settlement complex. A special command allows you to completely transfer all data of metal structures created using MinD technology to the SCAD system.
• Data transfer from Libraries: ТХ and ВК to the PS START calculation complex. Libraries convey the geometric characteristics of communications and mass, taking into account the product, information on some types of supports.
• New technology for creating custom COMPASS Object databases. Library tools allow you not only to create new items, but also to add items from hardware manufacturers or other users to your catalog.
• Expansion of functionality for working with assemblies of metal structures.

Specialized applications, catalogs and tools used in MinD technology have also been replenished with new products. Within the framework of cooperation between ASCON and TechnoNICOLE Corporation, a manufacturer of roofing waterproofing and heat insulation materials, a new free Catalog appeared in the Architecture and Construction section: TechnoNICOLE. It contains an electronic library of connections of building structures (floor, drainage) from modern materials manufactured by TechnoNICOLE.

The joint use of the MinD V14 technology updated to work in Compass-3D and the Artisan Rendering photorealistic rendering system will open up even more opportunities for users to effectively design projects and prepare high-quality project documentation.

To speed up and improve the usability of KOMPAS-3D V14, the basic functionality of the system has been improved: for example, tools for working with tabs, combinations of system keys.

First "boxed" version

ASCON and 1C presented a three-dimensional modeling system for home and study KOMPAS-3D the V13 Home edition of 1C: Distribution. The companies say that in the Russian CAD market this is the first licensed CAD system with professional capabilities that will be available to private users.

Compass-3D V13 Home allows you to create 3D part and assembly models, drawings, and schedules. This version is intended for schoolchildren, students and their teachers, as well as fans of 3D modeling and home masters. The system includes the electronic interactive "COMPASS ABC," with the help of which you can master the basic techniques of working in the system in a few hours.

Screenshot of the "Compass-3D" interface V13 Home

V13 home release differs from the "older" version of "Compass-3D" primarily in terms of licensing: according to its conditions, the system can be used only for non-commercial purposes, but without restrictions on the possibilities of modeling and drawing, exporting-importing files, saving and printing documents.

ASCON told TAdviser that the product went on sale in early October and is distributed through large retail chains (1C: Interest, M.Video, Media Markt), as well as online software stores . The recommended retail price is 1490 rubles. The license for one computer is valid for 1 year, its preferential extension is provided.

With the release of Compass-3D V13 Home, ASCON is entering a new market for private users. The first step in this direction was the release in 2010 of the lightweight three-dimensional modeling system "Compass-3D" LT V12 edition "1C: Distribution," recognized as successful.

Oleg Zykov, head of promising projects at ASCON, cited the following figures: " In general, revenues from the sale of Compass-3D products for private users this year increased 6 times. We hope that Compass-3D Home will take its place on the home computer of every user interested in 3D modeling. "

2011: Release of version KOMPAS-3D V13

On May 13, 2011, Ascon announced the release of the Compass-3D version of the V13. Distinctive features of the CAD system: built-in applications for strength finite element analysis and mold design, new surface and sheet modeling tools, special configuration Instrumentation. The designers will see in Compass-3D a V13 serious development of the smart construction design technology MinD (model in drawing).

The wishes of users are taken into account: in the new version, the command "Cancel/Repeat action in 3D" and reports on the properties of the graphics document appeared.

Mechanical Engineering Design

The KOMPAS-3D V13 includes the APM FEM Strength Express Analysis System and the 3D Mold Library. The presence of such built-in applications is now the standard for mid-range computer-aided design systems. In the KOMPAS-3D V13 system, you can not just create three-dimensional geometry, but completely describe the product information model, analyze it, and prepare data for production (transfer it to the process design system or to the system for developing NC control programs).

The new release significantly enhances the ability to create spatial curves that are the wireframe of any surface model. New surface drafting and analysis commands have been added. These innovations allow you to apply a new design methodology, simplify the work of the engineer and increase productivity. The main output from the designer is still a drawing. Therefore, in two-dimensional design, it became possible to obtain tabular reports on graphic documents and objects in them, inserts of views and fragments, macronutrients. You can now assign attributes and properties to them.

Instrument Engineering

For the first time, KOMPAS-3D V13 created a specialized configuration, Instrumentation, into which all applications associated with this task area have been transferred. The main changes in the line of ASCON products for design in instrumentation and electrical engineering affected the COMPASS-Electric system and the 3D Cable and Harness Library. From now on, COMPAS-Electric (the current version of V13) comes in two versions:

• COMPASS-Electric Express - for creation of electrical schematic diagrams and lists of elements to them
• COMPASS-Electric - combined functionality of COMPASS-Electric Std and COMPASS-Electric Pro systems.

The COMPAS-Electric system adds the ability to generate a number of important user reports and implements useful service functions.

Construction Engineering

The MinD design technology is based on the COMPASS-Object - a tool for creating, storing and using intelligent building elements and structures. New interface solutions COMPASS-Object allow you not only to structure data more conveniently, but also to select according to a given criterion, to select projections. Improving the technological basis of the COMPASS-Object for the user means an instant response of the system to any of its actions. As part of the Construction configuration of the KOMPAS-3D, applications appeared: Gas supply design system: seeker, RES: power transmission line 0.4-10 kV, Power supply systems design library: POS.

In October 2011, Ascon introduced Artisan Rendering, a photorealistic rendering system for Compass-3D, developed in partnership with the English company Lightworks, a global provider of visualization solutions in the field of 3D computer graphics.

Artisan Rendering is a tool for creating photorealistic images of engineering products and construction projects designed in the KOMPAS-3D V13 system. The capabilities of the application allow you to combine materials and lighting, background and scene and literally receive a high-quality image based on a three-dimensional model in just a few actions.

Using Artisan Rendering, the Compass-3D user will be able to independently form the exact appearance of the design object long before the release of the prototype or the completion of construction. Photorealistic images will be in demand for display to customers, transfer to marketing and sales services, placement in product catalogs and on the enterprise website.

Artisan Rendering uses a combination of hardware OpenGL rendering to quickly view the image along with powerful, using central, processor rendering to trace rays in high-quality images and to illuminate the image globally. Artisan Rendering comes with a large material base, lighting sources, backgrounds. The system is accompanied by a user manual in Russian in pdf format.

Access to the free trial version of Artisan Rendering will be open on November 8th.

Artisan Rendering sales will begin in the second half of November 2011.

2010: Launch of the cloud version of "Compass"

Since October 2010, ASCON began providing access to the new 12th version of its system under the SaaS model (as a service). The corresponding agreement and the license agreement "ASCON" concluded with the Cloud IT data center, in which it posted the software. The "ASCON" stated that they became the first CAD developer in the world to sell software according to the SaaS scheme.

You can rent software every month. The rental price will depend on the selected Compass configuration. In total, more than a dozen of them should be available, the approximate price range is from 500 to 4 thousand rubles. per month for one license, they say in the company.

We are talking about competitive licenses, i.e. each of them at different times can be used by different users. Thus, for example, 10 people will be able to work in two shifts on five licenses. For comparison, with a local installation of the license cost 50-160 thousand rubles. for one workplace.

To work remotely with Compass, the customer needs a browser and an additional free Citrix Reciever utility. The set of operating systems in client locations is limited to those for which there is a Citrix Receiver client. This, Windows Windows Mobile, MacOS,,, and Linux. iOS Android Customers will be able to store their design developments both locally and on Cloud servers IT.

In early 2012, the service closed due to lack of demand. By that time, more than 1.5 thousand visitors to the site had used test access to the cloud service, but the service could not be monetized.

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